Microbial metabolism
Biological catalysts that increase the rate of chemical reactions by lowering the activation energy
What are enzymes
main reproduction of bacterial cells
what is binary fission
process to destroy vegetative pathogens
what is disinfection
antimicrobial drug that targets highly conserved structures across many types of microbes
what is broad spectrum antibiotics
RNA that is further translated into proteins
what is mRNA
mechanism of how substrates interact with its enzyme
what is lock and key model
time required for a complete fission cycle
what is generation time
percent of alcohol used for disinfection
What is 70%
drug that blocks synthesis of PG by inhibiting tetra peptide cross linkages
what are beta lactase
direction DNA is read
what is 3' to 5'
"better fit between enzyme and substrate"
what are inorganic cofactors (metal ions)
area containing the bacterial chromosome
what is a nucleoid
enzyme in blood that breaks down hydrogen peroxide
what is catalase
drug that interacts with phospholipids and results in leakage particularly in gram negative bacteria
what are polymyxins
ribosome site where the first tRNA enters
what is the P site
act as a transients carrier of the functional group
What is coenzyme
synthesized by the cell to partition the DNA and cytoplasmic components
what is septum or crosswall
component that makes mycobacteria highly resistant
what is a protective waxy cell wall
drug that binds the 30S subunit of the ribosome and blocks protein synthesis
what is tetracycline
multiple ribosomes on one strands of mRNA
what is polysomes
removal of electrons
what is oxidation
phase with intense activity preparing for growth
what is lag phase
killing harmful microbes without damaging the host
what is selective toxicity
microorganisms that can produce antibiotics
what are gram positive rods, actinomycetes, and fungi
carry the message for which amino acid to add when making a protein
what are codons/triplets